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25.8.1 Profile Objects 
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Profile objects have the following methods:

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  <td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-5107' xml:id='l2h-5107' class="method">addinfo</tt></b>(</nobr></td>
  <td><var>key, value</var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
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Add an arbitrary labelled value to the profile output.
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  <td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-5108' xml:id='l2h-5108' class="method">close</tt></b>(</nobr></td>
  <td><var></var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
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Close the logfile and terminate the profiler.
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  <td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-5109' xml:id='l2h-5109' class="method">fileno</tt></b>(</nobr></td>
  <td><var></var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
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Return the file descriptor of the profiler's log file.
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  <td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-5110' xml:id='l2h-5110' class="method">run</tt></b>(</nobr></td>
  <td><var>cmd</var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
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Profile an <tt class="keyword">exec</tt>-compatible string in the script environment.
The globals from the <tt class="module"><a href="module-main.html">__main__</a></tt> module are used as
both the globals and locals for the script.
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  <td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-5111' xml:id='l2h-5111' class="method">runcall</tt></b>(</nobr></td>
  <td><var>func, *args, **keywords</var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
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Profile a single call of a callable.
Additional positional and keyword arguments may be passed
along; the result of the call is returned, and exceptions are
allowed to propagate cleanly, while ensuring that profiling is
disabled on the way out.
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  <td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-5112' xml:id='l2h-5112' class="method">runctx</tt></b>(</nobr></td>
  <td><var>cmd, globals, locals</var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
<dd>
Evaluate an <tt class="keyword">exec</tt>-compatible string in a specific environment.
The string is compiled before profiling begins.
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  <td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-5113' xml:id='l2h-5113' class="method">start</tt></b>(</nobr></td>
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Start the profiler.
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  <td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-5114' xml:id='l2h-5114' class="method">stop</tt></b>(</nobr></td>
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Stop the profiler.
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